fredag 12. desember 2014

American Values Task 3 Christian & Thomas

America receive about 800,000 immigrants, which cross the border legally. In addition, many thousands Mexicans cross the border illegally. There are many different ways to do this, but the most common way is to swim across Rio Grande. It is very difficult, because they can be met by the border patrol. You may wonder why so many people choose to move to America. The answer is that they want a better life and achieve the American dream. They want to start fresh a new place, where they can get a job and home ownership. The most important thing of is probably safety from war and persecution. Most of these immigrants face barriers, as for instance: trying to get a better education.

Multiple cultures from all over the world combines the American society, in other words it is multicultural. Why does so many immigrants move to the United States? Some years back USA was richest country and a great leader with a lot of power. It contained an opportunity for many immigrants to get a job. That’s why it was almost like a wave of immigrants moving to America before. Today it’s still many immigrants moving there. The Mexicans move to America, probably because of the location. They just have to swim over the river and walk into Texas. Others see America as the land of opportunity.

søndag 7. desember 2014

The American Dream

What is the American dream for the average person today?

Note: These numbers may not show exactly how things are today, because they are from 2009.

One could think that the American dream is something that doesn’t fit with reality, different articles and examinations has shown something quite different: About 45% of Americans say they have achieved their dream, 31% think they are going to achieve it within their lifetime and 20% has given up on their dream. This is actually an increase from 4 years earlier (2005), where fewer thought they were going to achieve it.

It is said that in hard times, people tend to cling harder to their dreams; often those dreams also turn into more abstract goals rather than material.


Therefore, if anyone wonders if people still believe in the American dream, the answer is yes. Even though the definition of what the dream is has changed greatly.